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Honestly, I’ve never cared much for Tolkien’s renditions of Middle-Earth — a bit too cute and folk-tale-ish for my fantasy tastes for what Middle-Earth should look like.* But I’ve always deeply appreciated<\/i> that he made them, and they are very pretty in their own right.<\/p>\n

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\n* I was more of a Bros. Hildebrandt guy back in the day.<\/p>\n


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\nBBC Arts – Middle-earth in colour: How Tolkien drew his fantasy universe – BBC Arts<\/a><\/span>
\nThe author was a talented illustrator of the maps and legends of his epic imaginary world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Honestly, I’ve never cared much for Tolkien’s renditions of Middle-Earth — a bit too cute and folk-tale-ish for my fantasy tastes for what Middle-Earth should look like.* But I’ve always deeply appreciated that he made them, and they are very pretty in their own right. —— * I was more of a Bros. 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